Implementing a Virtual Server Environment: Getting Started

Trade-offs .................................................................................................................................. 10
Sweet Spots............................................................................................................................... 10
Automation Solutions:..................................................................................................................... 10
Why choose Workload Manager (WLM) or Global Workload Manager (gWLM)?................................ 10
Key Benefits............................................................................................................................... 10
Trade-offs .................................................................................................................................. 10
Sweet Spots............................................................................................................................... 10
Chapter 4: HP VSE Reference Architectures ......................................................................................... 12
Chapter 5: Identifying a Pilot Project................................................................................................... 13
General guidelines......................................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 6: Making Your Choices ....................................................................................................... 14
Determine CPU processing requirements for workloads....................................................................... 14
Capacity Advisor ........................................................................................................................... 15
Choose the type of partitioning........................................................................................................ 15
Choose the type of Integrity server ................................................................................................... 16
Utility Pricing ................................................................................................................................. 17
Organizing partitions and resource sharing ...................................................................................... 17
Automation ................................................................................................................................... 18
High Availability and Disaster Tolerance........................................................................................... 18
Implement the Pilot Project............................................................................................................... 19
Repeat the Process ......................................................................................................................... 19
For more information.......................................................................................................................... 20